γάρ gár
Meaning
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
In the King James Version: and, as, because (that), but, even, for, indeed, no doubt, seeing, then, therefore, verily, what, why, yet
Derivation: a primary particle;
Where it is used
- Romans 6:21 What fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
- Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Romans 7:1 Do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives?
- Romans 7:2 For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
- Romans 7:5 For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.
- Romans 7:7 What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”
- Romans 7:8 But sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from the law, sin is dead.
- Romans 7:11 For sin, seizing its opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through the commandment put me to death.
- Romans 7:14 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
- Romans 7:15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do.
- Romans 7:18 I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
- Romans 7:19 For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do.
- Romans 7:22 For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
- Romans 8:2 For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.
- Romans 8:3 For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,
- Romans 8:5 Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
- Romans 8:6 The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace,
- Romans 8:7 because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
- Romans 8:13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
- Romans 8:14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
- Romans 8:15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption to sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
- Romans 8:18 I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.
- Romans 8:19 The creation waits in eager expectation for the revelation of the sons of God.
- Romans 8:20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope
- Romans 8:22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.
- Romans 8:24 For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see?
- Romans 8:26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.
- Romans 8:38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
- Romans 9:3 For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,
- Romans 9:6 It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.
- Romans 9:9 For this is what the promise stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.”
- Romans 9:11 Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
- Romans 9:15 For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
- Romans 9:17 For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
- Romans 9:19 One of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?”
- Romans 9:28 For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.”
- Romans 9:32 Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
- Romans 10:2 For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.
- Romans 10:3 Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
- Romans 10:4 For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.
- Romans 10:5 For concerning the righteousness that is by the law, Moses writes: “The man who does these things will live by them.”
- Romans 10:10 For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.
- Romans 10:11 It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
- Romans 10:12 For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
- Romans 10:13 for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
- Romans 10:16 But not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”
- Romans 11:1 I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
- Romans 11:15 For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
- Romans 11:21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either.
- Romans 11:23 And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
- Romans 11:24 For if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!
- Romans 11:25 I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
- Romans 11:29 For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.
- Romans 11:30 Just as you who formerly disobeyed God have now received mercy through their disobedience,
- Romans 11:32 For God has consigned everyone to disobedience so that He may have mercy on everyone.
- Romans 11:34 “Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been His counselor?”
- Romans 12:3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.
- Romans 12:4 Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,
- Romans 12:19 Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
- Romans 12:20 On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”